Toontrack EZX Metal Machine

An impressive collection of drums recorded by one of the most in demand metal producers of the last decade: Andy Sneap.

Testament, Megadeth, Arch Enemy, Exodus, Killswitch Engage and Devildriver all call the same man to lay the final hand on their albums: Britain’s Andy Sneap. This highly in demand producer/engineer has worked on numerous Grammy® Award-nominated albums, is known worldwide for having produced some of the heaviest releases this last decade and has had an instrumental role in shaping the sound of metal music as we know it in the new millennium. Now Toontrack is proud to present the first ever drum sample library to bear his unmistakable seal; Metal Machine EZX.

Recorded by powerhouse drummer John Tempesta (White Zombie, Testament, Helmet) in Los Angeles’ Henson Recording Studios, formerly known as the A&M Studios, the Metal Machine EZX lacks none of the metal traits you’d expect: the thunderous bass-drums, the ferocious in-your-face snares and the toms that will cut through your mixes with a crystal clear tone to die for.

FEATURE SPOTLIGHT

• Three kits (2 x Tama Starclassic Bubinga, Ludwig Stainless Steel) as well as a large selection of snare drums and cymbals

• Produced and engineered by one of the most successful and in demand metal producers of the decade: Andy Sneap

• Recorded at Henson Recording Studios in Los Angeles, USA

• Mixed at Andy Sneap’s own Backstage Studios, Derbyshire, UK Included MIDI played by John Tempesta

INSTRUMENT LIST / GEAR

Studio Recorded April 2011 at Henson Studios, Studio B

Console
SSL 6000 E

Mics :

Kick R in – SM91

Kick R in 2 – Audix D6 / AKGD12 on Stainless Steel

Kick R out – Yamaha Sub Kick

Kick L in – SM91

Kick L in 2 – Audix D6 / AKGD12 on Stainless Steel

Kick L out – Yamaha Sub Kick

Snare top – SM57

Snare bottom – SM57

Snare top 2: Beyer M-201

Hat: Shure SM7B

Toms: Sennheiser 421

Cymbals/ride closed: Neumann KM184
OH’s: AKG 414

Room mono: Neumann CMV3

Room mid: ribbon RCA77

Room far: Neumann U67

Kicks (left & right):

Tama Starclassic Quillted Sapele Bubinga 18×22″

Tama Starclassic Bubinga 18×24″

Ludwig Stainless Steel 14×26″

Snares:

14×7″ Tama John Tempesta Signature Series snare drum

6.5×14″ Tama Bell Brass snare drum

6.5×14″ Ludwig Black Beauty

6.5×14″ Ludwig Supraphonic

6.5×14″ Sonor Artist Bronze snare drum

6.5×14″ Dunnett Titanium

6×14″ Masai Bubinga snare

Toms:

Tama Starclassic Bubinga Quillted Sapele 9×10″, 10×12″, 14×14″, 16×16″

Tama Starclassic Bubinga 9×10″, 10×12″, 14×16″, 16×18″

Ludwig Stainless 12×15″, 16×16″, 16×18″

Tama Starclassic Bubinga gong bassdrum 14×20″ (Tom 5)

Hats:

Zildjian Z Custom Master Sound 14″

Zildjian Avedis Master Sound 14″

Rides:

Zildjian Earth Ride 22″

Zildjian A Ping Ride 22″ Brilliant Finish

Crashes:

Pos 1

17″ Z3 Zildjian prototype

16″ Medium thin Zildjian prototype crash

Pos 2

18″ Medium Zildjian prototype crash

19″ Medium Zildjian prototype

Pos 3

19″ Medium Zildjian prototype crash

18″ Z3 Medium crash

Pos 4

20″ Z3 Medium Zildjian prototype

19″ Medium Thin Zildjian prototype crash

Pos 5

20″ Medium Zildjian prototype crash

18″ Medium Z3 Zildjian prototype

Pos 6

19″ Z3 Zildjian Thrash Ride

18″ Medium Zildjian prototype crash

Splash:

Pos 2

10″ Zildjian prototype splash

Chinas:

China 1

Zildjian Z3 19″

Zildjian 19″ Prototype China

China 2

20″ Oriental China Trash
Z3 19″

Spocks:

Pos 3

Zildjian Soundlab Prototype 18″ Medium Thin/19″ Z3 China

Zildjian Soundlab Prototype 16″ Medium Thin/19″ Z3 China

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Toontrack EZX Vintage Rock

VINTAGE NEVER GETS OLD

A cornerstone in rock through the ages and one of the most classic, timeless and famed drum kits ever: the legendary Ludwig Keystone.

The Vintage Rock EZX is based around one of the world’s most classic, timeless and famed drum kits, the legendary Ludwig Keystone. Starting in the mid 1960s, this classic and forever timeless set of drums was immortalized by a long string of influential artists and drummers like The Beatles’ Ringo Starr and John Bonham of Led Zeppelin.

It was recorded in London’s noted 2 Khz Studio by engineer Peter Henderson and drummer Chris Whitten. Peter started his career training exclusively with legend Geoff Emerick (The Beatles), worked alongside producer Sir George Martin for numerous sessions, went on to record multiple million-selling albums and won a Grammy for Supertramp’s “Breakfast in America”. Chris Whitten is an acclaimed drummer that has recorded and toured with some of the biggest artists of all time, such as Dire Straits and Paul MacCartney.

Aside from the main kit, that was sampled with both sticks and brushes, the Vintage Rock EZX includes an additional Ludwig Black Beauty and Slingerland Radio King snare as well as a number of extra cymbals. The included MIDI was performed by drummer Morgan Ågren.

FEATURE SPOTLIGHT

• A classic Ludwig Keystone kit with additional instrument choices

• Recorded by Peter Henderson (Supertramp, Paul McCartney) and Chris Whitten (Dire Straits, The Waterboys)

• Recorded at 2 Khz Studio, London, England

• Includes samples recorded with both sticks and brushes

• MIDI library included

INSTRUMENT LIST :

Kick drum:

• Ludwig Keystone (1960s) 14×24″ (felt and plastic beater)

Snare drums:

• Black Beauty 20s 5×14″ (sticks & brushes)

• Ludwig B/O Supraphonic (1970s) 6,5×14″ (sticks & brushes)

• Ludwig B/O Supraphonic Low Tuning 6,5×14″ (sticks)

• Slingerland Radioking 1940s 7×14″ (sticks)

Toms:

• Racktom, Ludwig Keystone (1960s) 9×13″ (sticks & brushes)

• Floortom, Ludwig Keystone (1960s) 16×16″ (sticks & brushes)

Hats:

• 13″ K Zildjian Istanbul (1960s) (sticks)

• 15″ Paiste Formula 602 Medium (sticks & brushes)

Cymbals position 1:

• 17″ Zildjian Dark Crash (sticks & brushes)

• 18″ Paiste Signature Fast Crash (sticks & brushes)

• 16″ Paiste Signature Fast Crash (sticks & brushes)

Cymbals position 2:

• 17″ K Zildjian Dark Crash (sticks & brushes)

• 22″ Zildjian Swish Knocker (sticks & brushes)

• 17″ Paiste Signature Fast Crash (sticks & brushes)

Ride:

• 22″ A Zildjian Ride (1950s) (sticks & brushes)

• 20″ K Zildjian Heavy Ride (sticks & brushes)

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Toontrack EZX Rock Solid

The Rock Solid EZX features a collection of modern drums perfectly suited for anything from classic rock to modern metal. It was recorded at the renowned Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, Canada by one of the most prolific engineers of the last two decades, Randy Staub. Randy has worked with A-list clients back to back for the past plus 20 years, mixed groundbreaking works like Metallica’s “Black Album”, Mötley Crüe’s “Dr Feelgood” and honed the sound for artists like Nickelback, Bon Jovi and Alice in Chains. Randy is beyond just an award-winning mix engineer, he’s helped define the sound of a generation.

With its three complete kits, the extra snares, bass drums and its large collection of cymbals, it’s painfully obvious how the Rock Solid EZX is every bit as leveled, in your face and bold as its title sets it out to be. When you hear the almost unreal sonic qualities in this recording, you will know why there’s no understatement in saying that these drums add a new dimension to the word heavy. Now, let there be rock.

FEATURE SPOTLIGHT

• Three complete kits, a large collection of cymbals, extra snares & kicks
• Recorded at the Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Engineered by Randy Staub (Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Nickelback)
• Sampled by Ryan Vikedal (ex-Nickelback)
• Included MIDI library

INSTRUMENT LIST :

Kicks:

• Ayotte Custom 18×22″, fitted with Powerstroke 3 Clear (batter) and Powerstroke 3 Ebony Resonant (front)

• Ayotte Custom 18×24″, fitted with Clear Powerstroke 3 (batter) and Ebony Ambassador (front)

• Gretsch USA Custom 18×22″, fitted with Clear Powerstroke 3 (batter) and Powerstroke 3 Ebony (front)

• Ludwig 1960s 14×20″, fitted with Powerstroke 3 Clear (batter), no front head

Snares:

• Ayotte Keplinger 6.5×14″, fitted with Coated CS Black Dot (batter) and Hazy Ambassador (bottom)

• Ayotte Custom 4×13 Maple, fitted with Coated Emperor (batter) and Ambassador (bottom)

• Gretsch USA Custom 5×14″, fitted with Coated Black CS Dot (batter) and Hazy Ambassador (bottom)

• Ludwig Black Magic 8×14″, fitted with two Coated CS Black Dot (batter) and Hazy Ambassador (bottom)

• Jeff Ocheltree Spirit of 2002, 5.5×14″, fitted with CS Clear Dot (batter) and Ambassador (bottom)

Toms:

• Ayotte Custom: 8×12″, 9×13″, 16×16″, 16×18″. All fitted with Emperor Clear (batter) and Ambassador Clear (bottom)

• Gretsch USA Custom: 7×10″, 8×12″, 14×14″, 16×16″. All fitted with Emperor Clear (batter) and Ambassador Clear (bottom)

• Dunnett Titanium: 8×12″, 16×16″. Both fitted with Coated Emperor (batter) and Coated Ambassador (bottom)

Hi hats:

• Zildjian New Beat 14″

• Zildjian Mastersound 15″ (top)/ New Beat 15″ (bottom)

Crashes:

• Zildjian A Custom 19″

• Zildjian A Custom 18″

• Zildjian K Dark Crash 18″

• Zildjian Medium Crash 20″

Rides:

• Zildjian K Constantinople 22″

• Zildjian Avedis 22″

Others:

• Zildjian Oriental China Trash 14″ / Zildjian K Medium Dark Crash 18″

• Zildjian K Splash 10″

• Zildjian K China 17″

• Zildjian China High 16″

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Toontrack EZX Metalheads

One world-renowned drummer, Tomas Haake, member of the extreme metal band Meshuggah. One in demand producer, Daniel Bergstrand, whose mixing and producing credits include the likes of In Flames, Strapping Young Lad, Soilwork and Meshuggah, just to name a few.

Two Incredible drum sets, assembled and recorded to metal perfection, ready to bring your metal productions to the next level. And, for the first time in Toontrack history, we’ve included Separate mix channels in the EZdrummer mixer, containing kick and snare drum samples designed by Daniel Bergstrand, that augment these already amazingly recorded drums.

Twelve classic Meshuggah songs, captured flawlessly via MIDI by Tomas Haake himself, organized both as full songs as well as song parts so you can customize, dissect and use his grooves and drumming brilliance to inspire or create your next grand metal composition. This is the next step in the evolution of Metal drum production tools.

Metalheads EZX® - product details :

Kickdrums:

• 14x26" Ludwig Amber VistaLite

• 18x22" Sonor Tomas Haake Custom SQ2

Snaredrums:

• 6.5x14" Ludwig Supraphonic 402

• 6.5x14" Pearl Reference

Hats:

• 14" Sabian HHX Power Hats

Racktom 1:

• 9x12" DW Collectors Series

• 8x10" Sonor Tomas Haake Custom Designer Series 1

Racktom 2:

• 10x13" DW Collectors Series

• 9x12" Sonor Tomas Haake Custom Designer Series 1

Racktom 3:

• 11x14" DW Collectors Series

• 10x14" Sonor Tomas Haake Custom Designer Series 1

Floortom 1:

• 13x16" DW Collectors Series

• 16x16" Sonor Tomas Haake Custom Designer Series 1

Floortom 2:

• 14x18" DW Collectors Series

• 17x18" Sonor Tomas Haake Custom Designer Series 1

Cymbals

Rides:

• 22" Sabian Tomas Haake Custom Power Bell Ride

• 22" Sabian HHX Legacy Ride

Pos 1:

• 16" Sabian HHX Stage Crash

• 12" Sabian HH Splash

Pos 2:

• 18" Sabian HHX Stage Crash

• Sabian Alu Bell

Pos 3:

• 19" Sabian HHX Stage Crash

• Erik Thyselius Custom Bell

Pos 4:

• 19" Sabian HHX Stage Crash

• 8" Sabian HH Splash

Pos 5:

• 20" Sabian HHX Stage Crash

• Sabian Resonating Bell

Pos 6:

• 22" Sabian HHX Stage Crash

China 1:

• 19" Sabian Paragon Chinese

China 2:

• 19" Sabian AAXtreme Chinese

Splash:

• 10" Sabian HH Splash

• 12" Sabian HH Splash

Spock:

• 16" Sabian HH Thin Crash / 19" Paragon Chinese

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Toontrack EZX Drumkit From Hell

In the beginning, Drum Kit From Hell (DFH) was only a drum library created to address Toontrack’s own needs for better and heavier drums in music production. Achieving enormous success after its release (being awarded 5 out of 5 in Sound on Sound and an EQ Magazine Exceptional Quality), the DFH was responsible for making Toontrack a known brand in the sample business. After developing EZdrummer and Superior Drummer, Toontrack decided to bring back the DFH as an EZX expansion pack to celebrate its importance in the company’s success. And thank God they did. Or should I be thanking the Devil?
The Drum Kit from Hell was actually how I personally found out about Toontrack. I’ve been a huge fan of the Swedish metal band Meshuggah and its drummer Thomas Haake for some time now and Haake is one of the Scandinavian drummers who contributed in the creation the DFH. It was used in the production of Meshuggah’s 2005 studio album, Catch Thirtythree.

Stories aside, let’s get down to business.

Once you load the DFH on your EZdrummer you will see an 8-piece Sonor drum kit with a flame shell finish and a 12-piece cymbal set that includes hats, splashes, crashes, rides and the cymbal that couldn’t be missed -- trashes! (Note: A detailed list of the sampled drums and cymbals that comes with this EZX can be found at the end of this article.) As far as drum kit presets go, the DFH comes with 5 (Default, Metal, Death, Thrash and Basic) helping you select the best samples combinations for each metal genre you are going to work on and, as you may have guessed, EZdrummer lets you save your own drum kit presets and also build your own library of drum samples, so originality is not a issue here.

What really thrilled me on this EZX pack, besides its perfectly metal-oriented drum recording, is its awesome MIDI Groove library content. You are going to see not just one, but TWO huge libraries with a enormous amount of beats and fills. The second library features exclusive grooves of each drummer involved in the drum sample recordings (Tomas Haake from Meshuggah, Owe Lingvall from Nocturnal Rites, Mattias Grahn from Naglfar and Efraim Juntunen from Persuader) giving you the power to use their own drum signature beats on your production. I don’t have to say that Haake’s one is my favorite do I? Each library comes featuring straight, odd signature, double kick, grind, blast and triplets beats along with drum fills and even choked cymbal hits. This vast amount of grooves will make you think twice when you are in need of a metal drummer for your music production (and you know how hard it can be to find a good one). Rearranging, mixing and matching grooves from the libraries to your main production application is easy and makes the job intuitive, inspirational and especially creative.

The Drum Kit From Hell EXZ pack is a perfect tool for all the metalhead producers and musicians out there in search of a perfect sounding kit with the skillfulness and drum quality of a few of the best metal drummers in the world.

Sampled instruments :

Kickdrums:
• Sonor Designer Series 18x22" - damped and undamped neutral eq, extreme eq,
• Ludwig Wood Fiber Glass 24"

Snaredrums:
• Ayotte 4x14" Maple Shell
• Ludwig 8x14"
• Pearl Sensitone 6,5x14" Bronze Shell
• Sonor Designer Series 6,5x14 Maple Light Shell
• Sonor Designer Series 5x14" Maple Light Shell
• Sonor Hilite 5x12" Maple Shell
• Tomas Haake Engineering 7x14" Pockenholz Shell

Toms:
• Sonor Designer Series 10x10", 12x12", 13x13", 16x16" and 18x18"

Hats:
• 14" Sabian HH Rock HiHat

Cymbal 1:
• 19" Sabian AAXtreme Chinese
• 21" Sabian AAXtreme Chinese
• 21" Sabian AAXtreme Chinese

Cymbal 2:
• 16" Sabian HH Medium Crash
• 17" Sabian HH Medium Thin Crash
• 19" Sabian HH Crash Ride

Cymbal 3:
• 10" Sabian HH Splash

Cymbal 4:
• 20" Sabian HH Crash Ride
• 21" Sabian HH Crash Ride


Cymbal 5:
• 18" Sabian HH Chinese/15" Sabian HH Medium Crash
• 15" Sabian AAXtreme Chinese/12" Sabian HH Splash
• 15" Sabian AAXtreme Chinese

Cymbal 6:
• 8" Sabian HH Splash

Cymbal 7:
• 22" Sabian HH Power Bell Ride
• 22" Sabian HH Crash Ride

Cymbal 8:
• 12" Sabian HH Splash

Cymbal 9:
• 20" Sabian HH Dark Chinese (Brilliant)
• 20" Sabian HH Dark Chinese

Cymbal 10:
• 21" Sabian HH Medium Crash
• 22" Sabian HH Crash Ride

Cymbal 11:
• 22" Sabian Ed Thigpen Crystal Bell Ride
• 23" Sabian HH Crash Ride

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